A thin sheet of proteoglycans and glycoproteins, especially laminin, secreted by cells as an extracellular matrix.
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Examples for "basal lamina"
Examples for "basal lamina"
1A basal lamina surrounded each myelinated axon and fascicle of unmyelinated axons.
2At 24 h the tegument in some areas showed an exposed basal lamina.
3Ultrastructurally, a network of basal lamina-like materials lined with endothelial cells was evident.
4Regular caveolae were detected along the basal lamina in two patients by electron microscopy.
5Despite this, both neuronal-epithelial cell interactions involve similarly sized discontinuities in the basal lamina.
1Parts of the endothelial cells were detached from the tubular basement membrane.
2Ultrastructural examination showed intercellular junctions and thick basement membrane within the tumor.
3Renal biopsy disclosed anti-glomerular basement membrane nephritis superimposed on classical diabetic glomerulosclerosis.
4In contrast, collagen type IV, another component of the basement membrane, was unaffected.
5No changes in basement membrane composition were observed before leucocyte infiltration.
Translations for basement lamina